Michael May (racing driver)

Michael May

Born	18 August 1934 (1934-08-18) (age 77)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Swiss
Active years	1961
Teams	non-works Lotus
Races	3 (2 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1961 Monaco Grand Prix
Last race	1961 German Grand Prix

Michael^[1] May (born 18 August 1934 in Stuttgart, Germany^[1]) is a former racing driver from Switzerland. He participated in three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 14 May 1961. He scored no championship points.

After a crash during practice for the 1961 German Grand Prix, May concentrated on engineering, helping to develop a fuel injection system for Porsche and Ferrari.

He also worked in designing high-compression engines, improving fuel economy among other things.^[2] The most notable example was the 'high-efficiency' high-compression Jaguar V-12 stratified charge engine.^[3]

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	WDC	Points
1961	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus 18	Climax Straight-4	MON Ret	NED	BEL	FRA 11	GBR	GER DNS	ITA DNA	USA	NC	0

Non-Championship

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1961	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus 18	Climax Straight-4	LOM	GLV	PAU	BRX	VIE	AIN Ret	SYR	NAP	LON	SIL Ret	SOL Ret	KAN	DAN	MOD	FLG	OUL DNA	LEW	VAL	RAN	NAT	RSA
1962	Michael May	-	-	CAP	BRX	LOM	LAV	GLV	PAU DNA	AIN	INT	NAP	MAL	CLP	RMS	SOL	KAN	MED	DAN	OUL	MEX	RAN	NAT

Notes

1. ^ There is some disagreement as to the spelling of May's first name. Forix says "Michael", whereas www.grandprix.com says "Michel" and this 8W article lists both. However, this source offers evidence that it's "Michael".

References

1. ^ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Michael_May. Retrieved 2007-07-29. 
2. ^ David Scott (November 1976), "Fireball engine boosts mpg and cuts emissions", Popular Science (Rolle, Switzerland): p. 136, http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=GgEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA136 
3. ^ Ray T. Bohacz (January 2009), "Fire in the Hole", High Performance Pontiac, http://www.highperformancepontiac.com/tech/0209hpp_engine_combustion_chamber/index.html 

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